ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 1, 2025

Tonight breaking news as we come on the air, President. Trump and the first major shake-up of his administration, who's out of his job. Also tonight, the urgent man-hunt all afternoon. a driver hitting people including children outside a. church preschool. And Diane Sawyer here tonight with. actor Kelsey Grammar, Dr. Frazier Crane, and what he. reveals. First tonight, President Trump, removing. and battled national security advisor Mike Walts from his post. under intense scrutiny after mistakenly adding a journalist. to a signal group chat and the defense secretary sharing.

specific details of a US military strike. on Yemen on that chat. Who will take his place for now and what he. might now do instead? Also breaking tonight as we come on, but we've now learned. after a major man hunt today after a horrific scene. outside a church preschool, police say a driver running. into multiple people, the victims include children. The storms hitting tonight severe thunderstorms, dangerous winds and possible tornadoes, cars washed away with drivers inside. The new storms from Texas all the way to Pennsylvania.

and New York tonight, Lee Goldberg, steady by with the forecast. The terrifying moment during a major league baseball game, a fan falling from the stands right out of the field, stunned players witnessing it their heads down in prayer. as teams rushed to the fan in critical condition. Tonight's breaking developments involving Sean did. e-comes what he decided in court today and. what this now means. We're monitoring the images coming in at this hour. from Cape Cod, Massachusetts tonight battling a. large fire there.

The measles scared a major American airport tonight. A traveler unknowingly infected with measles passing. through a terminal two days in a row. The American town suddenly overrun by bison. there everywhere. At the Diane Sawyer interview tonight. he became famous on cheers. Are you people really this ignorant or do this to. torture me sometimes to go hand in hand. After Frazier Crame, after Kelsey Grammer. and what he was battling the entire time. It's remarkable I survived some of that.

It was tender and touching that they didn't know. exactly how to reach you. - Yeah, what that famous cast was unable to do, he reveals what drove the pain and how he's now. trying to help others. Diane, right here tonight. - From ABC News, World Headquarters, and New York, this is World News Tonight with David New York. Good evening and we have news coming in tonight. on this major man-hunt after a driver plowed. in the people, including children outside.

of church preschool. Also, these dangerous storms moving in, but we begin tonight. with President Trump and the first major shake-up, removing national security adviser Mike. Walts from his post. Walts was the one who set up that group chat on the signal. app with the defense secretary and others about an. imminent attack in Yemen. Walts accidentally, including a journalist in that chat group. And then at the president's cabinet meeting, just 24 hours. ago, Walts was seen checking that same app on his phone and. the names that were revealed. This morning, Waltz was seen arriving at the White House, the president informing him of the move, the president.

then announcing the change on social media this afternoon. At the President revealing Secretary of State Marco. Rubio will now also serve as the National. Security Advisor, at least temporarily, the first time. someone has shared these two positions since the. Nixon administration. And tonight, the role Mike Waltz might now have instead. ABC senior political correspondent Rachel. Scott leading us off. She's at the White House tonight. Mr. President, why now on Mike Walts? Tonight, President Trump announcing the first shake up. of his second term. His embattled national security adviser, Mike Walts, is out.

Camera's catching Waltz as he walked to the West Wing early. this morning, where the president delivered the news. Trump waiting until the 100 day of his presidency. had passed to remove Waltz. But his departure comes as no surprise. The former Florida Congressman embarrassed the White House. and created a national security incident. by starting a group chat among top administration officials. on the commercial messaging app signal. to discuss sensitive details of military strikes in Yemen.

and included a reporter by mistake. At the time, President Trump said. Waltz had learned his lesson. - And probably he won't be using it again, at least not in the very near future. I agree with you. Let's get everybody in the room. But yesterday at the president's cabinet meeting, Kamer's capturing Walt's checking signal on his phone. Chance visible with Vice President JD Vance, Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and Secretary of State Mark Urubio too. At that meeting, Walt's lavishing praise.

on the president, who would boot him from his. job just 24 hours later. It's an honor to serve you in this administration. And I think the world is far better, far safer for them. Today, the president announcing he would be. moving waltz to another role, posting on social media. I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be the next. United States ambassador to the United Nations. President Trump also saying Rubio would now become. his national security advisor on an interim basis. That news came as a surprise to Rubio's spokesperson.

at the State Department when she was informed. by reporters. "It is clear that I just heard this from you. I had, this is the magic.". "No heads up at this time.". "Well, the miracle of modern technology and the social media. So that is an exciting moment here. I think that as I know, Secretary Rubio, this. is a man who, as I think you all know, has. worn several hats from day one.

Rubio will now become the first person to serve simultaneously. as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, since Henry Kissinger filled both roles for President Nixon. The question now, how Marco Rubio will. balance these two roles? that secretary of state he is often. traveling the world meeting with foreign leaders, but national. security advisors typically spend. a lot of time here at the White House briefing the president on. the most urgent threats to our nation and national security. concerns, David. Obviously two major roles now for one person. Rachel, while we have you, there's another developing head.

line tonight involving the president of federal judge now. ruling the administration. Unlawfully cited the alien enemies act in. deporting Venezuelan immigrants, some. alleged gang members. >> Yes, David, Judge Fernando Rodriguez, who was appointed. by President Trump, has now ruled and barred the Trump. administration from using the centuries-old law to deport. Venezuelan migrants from southern Texas, calling it unlawful. This ruling is limited in scope, but it is the furthest. that any federal judge has gone so far, David.

>> All right, Rachel Scott, leading us off tonight from. the White House, Rachel, thank you. There's also breaking news just coming in. news of an arrest at this hour after a horrific. scene at a church preschool, a driver plowing. into people. Some of the victims were children, police say. the driver then ran off. But tonight he is now in custody after warning the public all. afternoon that he was armed and dangerous. ABC's Faith the Boubae is on the scene in South Carolina. Tonight, the horrific scene in South Carolina after authorities. say a driver slammed a vehicle. people, including children before fleeing the scene armed.

with a knife. Police investigating this as a possible. intentional act launching a massive search identifying the. suspects as Justin Colin Adams. We're being about to possibly two subjects that were run over. We have to be on scene trying to gather further the horror. unfolding outside of church preschool on Sullivan's Island. around 1 p.m. Two children in one adult injured. first responders treating victims on the scene. There was no altercation. It was some children outside of what we as known as a.

preschool and the vehicle struck the children in the adult. Police launching drones setting up checkpoints, checking every. car in and out of the island. And late today, police taking the suspect into custody, saying they found him on a boat after an hour's long search. And David asked for the victims. the injured adult is still in the hospital, but in stable condition, a child was treated. and released from that hospital. Another one was treated at the scene, David.

- Faith the booby there are the scene for us, Faith. Thank you. Now to this dangerous storm system moving in tonight. A new round of storms yet again, stretching from Texas to. Pennsylvania to New York. In fact, there are already tornado warnings. in Texas as we're on the air tonight. 30 million Americans in the path of these slow moving. storms tonight, flooding rains and straight line winds. near Houston already, two people killed in Oklahoma when. floodwater swept them away inside their vehicles. And in blanchored Oklahoma tonight, a community cut into. the road was washed away a giant crater,

stranding families there at a utility pole exploding. in Pittsburgh, in fact nearly a quarter million people. in Pennsylvania tonight without power. Lee Goldberg standing by to time this out in Maria. V.A.R.Y. with the images. coming in tonight. Powerful storms on the move tonight. Oh my God! For the fourth night in a row, millions under. threat from severe storms and record breaking. deadly flooding. Lake today, a tornado reported on the ground north of. Austin near Colleen, Texas.

Over night north of Houston, 70 mile an hour straight. line winds slamming Leonate Texas. North of Dallas, Freddie Chang's house in Carrollton, scorched. I heard a loud boom. After a lightning strike set it on fire. South of Oklahoma City in Blanchard, catastrophic damage. It's been raining here for days. The ground is soaked and it actually. gave way right here on this county road. You can see a 30 foot drop down and actually. families are on the other side.

10 of them stranded. One of them, John Tees, speaking with our affiliate, KOCO by cell phone. I asked me to go in park by truck across the road, which. are part of my son's truck. You can see it down there. That way no one actually on the Kings. room and got, you know, in trouble. Authorities in Oklahoma say two people were killed in the. state overnight when their vehicles were swept away. by floodwaters. David right now County leaders are racing to build a new. road just about a mile from where I am standing down the.

road right now. that have been stranded, especially with. more severe weather, heading this way. in just a few days. - Yeah, that's really something tonight, Maria. Thank you. Let's get right to Chief Meteorologist Lee Goldberg. from our New York station, WABC, back with us again. tonight. He's tracking it all for us. Highly. - David, hi. A storm fatigue, Texas getting hit again. Active tornado warnings. We had a chaser confirm a large tornado. near Briggs. It's headed south toward Andes. If you're in the track of the storm, take cover.

We also have flood watches toward Oklahoma City. to the city. More storms coming out of Ohio are heading into. power compromised Pennsylvania. 60 mile power gusts there. They're headed north tomorrow. That threat is pretty expansive. It goes all the way from Texas into the Tennessee Valley from. let's say Austin all the way up to Nashville and those areas. storms. They're going to expand eastwards. We go into the weekend into the northeast. We're talking waves of showers not a wash. out, but it starts a stretch of unsettle weather deep into. next week. David Lee Goldberg, we appreciate it as always. We turned out of the terrifying moment during a major league.

baseball game. The fan falling from the stands right. onto the field in Pittsburgh, stunning the players who. witnessed it, many bowing their heads in prayer as emergency. teams rushed into that fan who is now in critical condition. tonight. Here's Will Reef. Tonight this video capturing the terrifying moment a man. from his seat at Pittsburgh's PNC Park landing on the field. now in critical condition. "We've had one person fall out of the stand, 20 plus feet. We've got three medic work and two tough and. extra patient now.".

The 20 plus footfall coming in the seventh inning of the. Pirates game against the Chicago Cubs. "When you look at it like in slow-mo, he just looked like. he was like jolting up because it was a huge play.". Bobby Ketter unintentionally caught the moment on video. It happened so fast and then like we looked over at the. pirates and they all had their hats off and that's when I. knew it was pretty serious. Players frantically trying to alert umpires and security. The game paused, players taking a knee as medical personnel.

attended to the man, taking the fan away on a gurney and. rushing him to the hospital. "I'm so very, no scary moment. I just can't see like our wife taking a knee and just. praying and hoping everything's okay.". Today Pirates Chairman Bob Nutting stating, "Pirates baseball is a community and our fans. are like family. In times like these we must come together, support one another. and keep him and his loved in our prayers. David Pittsburgh Public Safety says the incident is being.

treated as accidental and the man remains in the hospital in. critical condition. David. All right. We'll read tonight. Thank you, Will. There are also major developments. tonight involving the case against Sean Diddy-Kombs. What he decided in court today and what this now means, the. move coming just four days before his trial. is set to begin. Here's Aaron Katerzky. Tonight, Sean Kombs makes it official. He's rejecting the government's offered to plead guilty and. spare himself the possibility of a prolonged term in prison. When asked if he turned down the offer, Combs answered,

"Yes, I do, Your Honor," as he stood in a baggy beige jail. uniform. Terms were not disclosed, but prosecutors. did say a plea could result in a shorter. sentence for Combs than if he's convicted. The decision guarantees Combs' will-face. trial beginning just four days from now that will test whether. one of music's most prolific figures used his power, wealth, and fame to sexually exploit both women and men for decades. Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy, sex. trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

charges that accused him of coercing alleged. victims into prolonged drug-fueled sexual activity. that he called "freak-offs" and threatening them in the silence. At trial, Combs will ditch the jail. garb and wear ordinary clothes. As his lawyers argue, the evidence. shows consenting adults being intimate. in their own way. -Jerry Selection begins Monday. David, prospective jurors have already started. answering written questions. If Combs is convicted, he faces what could. amount to a life sentence. -David Erinkertursky was following this case for us. Aaron, thank you.

Not the economy tonight of the impact of President. Trump's tariffs. Tonight, General Motors, the latest. corporation to change its outlook. GM now predicting earnings will be down between. $4 and $5 billion this year due to the tariffs, almost one-third of their earlier expectations. GM's CEO tonight saying they plan to leave car. prices for consumers at about the same level. Also, tonight Candymaker Hershey reporting its. first quarter earnings are already down and they expect. tariffs to cost them $20 million a quarter. Hershey imports cocoa beans from around the. world. And one more note on the economy here, McDonald's.

Now reporting sales fell 3.6 percent during the first quarter. of this year. The company tonight saying that's. the largest decline since the pandemic. The company CEO saying consumers are grappling with. quote economic uncertainty. When we come back tonight, the measles scare at a. major American airport tonight, an infected. traveler passing through a terminal two days. in a row. Also, the warning tonight, if you. of an iPhone involving hacking and what you can do. Diane Sawyer is here with actor Kelsey Grammer, and then the image is coming in right now. This is a large fire burning smoke visible for miles.

The image is coming in from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Tonight we'll have more on this in a moment. Tonight the image is coming in at this hour. A major brush fire burning near a military base. in sandwich, Massachusetts. The fire starting as a controlled burn. at joint base Cape Cod suddenly growing out of control. multiple fire departments now responding to night choppers. dropping water from the air. No injuries reported tonight from Chicago health officials. are warning travelers about possible measles exposure. at Chicago's Ohair airport. They say an infected adult was in terminal one from 10.

a.m. until 8 p.m. on Tuesday. And then again on Wednesday of last week that person who. lives in Cook County testing positive for measles. two days later tonight. night, the FAA also warning. through Newark Airport that significant delays in the weeks. and possibly months to come. The FAA says there is a staffing shortage of air traffic. controllers who normally monitor new work airspace. There's also ongoing runway construction. Departing flights are averaging 75 minute delays, some arrivals.

running within five hours behind schedule. When we come back here tonight, the. warning, if you have an iPhone, also the small town. overrun by a herd of bison. You'll see the images and die in soyers here with Kelsey. Grammer what he reveals tonight. To the index of other news tonight, a warning. for millions of iPhone users about a potential. security risk involving a popular feature. Researchers at Olego Security say they discovered. major flaws in the airplay feature which allows. you to play your stream what's on your phone on. other devices.

They say it could also allow hackers. to potentially access your iPhone and iPad, affecting them with malware and potentially taking. control of your devices. So Apple, now releasing a software update to. secure your devices. Go to the settings on your phone and look. for the update tonight. This evening, Mayday protests taking place across the. U.S. and around the world. Demonstrators marking international workers day. Here in New York City, demonstrators packing. Union Square and Manhattan, many protesting President. Trump's immigration policies, his diversity and inclusion. crackdown and the firing of federal workers.

a huge crowd turning out for a rally featuring Senator. Bernie Sanders and Philadelphia. Hundreds of demonstrators marching and holding a. rally in downtown Phoenix. And in Paris tonight, protesters clashing the. police and riot gear. Many demonstrations in Europe taking aim at President. Trump's policies as well there. Back here in the U.S. into the small town of Mammoth,